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Economic Analysis of Home Heating and Cooling
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1984)
Over the last eleven years Houston Lighting & Power has raised utility rates an average of 17% per
year. Over the last 3 1/2 years the utility rates have doubled. According to Houston City Magazine,
Houstonians can expect ...
Pitfalls in Building and HVAC Systems
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1985-05)
The purpose of an energy audit is to identify
and analyze areas of energy consumption and to propose
methods of conservation. In the process of
completing an audit the following areas of consumption
should be considered:
• ...
Heat Integrate Heat Engines in Process Plants
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1986-06)
This paper presents a novel method for the
integration of heat engines into total processes to
effect large energy savings. Paybacks are often
short. The method is applicable to new designs and
retrofits and is ...
Park Load Reduction by Preconditioning of Buildings at Night
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1988)
Cooling loads during the peak period can be
reduced if a building is subcooled a few degrees
below its normal thermostat setpoint during the
preceding night. During the day, the thermostat
must control the warmup in such ...
Residential Thermal Mass Construction
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1988)
The southwest has long known the
value of building homes with high mass
materials. The ancient Pueblo Indians
found that by using "adobe" they could
capture the energy necessary to
survive the harsh desert climate. ...
Cool Storage Economic Feasibility Analysis for a Large Industrial Facility
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1988)
The analysis of economic feasibility for adding a cool
storage facility to shift electric demand to off-peak hours for a
large industrial facility is presented. DOE-2 is used to generate
the necessary cooling load profiles ...
MAD-AIR
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1989)
Forced air heating ard air corditioning duct
systems in residential housing have been largely
overlcoked in house diagnostics. Even the building
is itself a part of the overall ir distribution
system. When a duct system ...
Office Building Uses Ice Storage, Heat Recovery, and Cold-Air Distribution
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1989)
Ice storage offers many opportunities
to use other tcchnologies, such as heat
recovery and cold-air distribution. In
fact, by using them, the designer can
improve the efficiency and lower the
construction cost of an ice ...
Ground Loops for Heat Pumps and Refrigeration
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1986)
Ground loops are used for water source heat
pumps. Refrigeration can be put on a ground loop.
Water-cooled condensing units are more efficient
than air-cooled, and they can be put indoors.
Indoor location makes piping for ...
Desiccant Cooling Systems - A Review
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1986)
Desiccant cooling systems have been investigated extensively during the past decade as alternatives to electrically driven vapor compression
systems because regeneration temperatures of the
desiccant - about 160°F, can be ...